Archive: 03/08/2006
Fast-Talking NASA Spacecraft Starts Final Approach to Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun its final approach to the red planet after activating a sequence of commands designed to get the spacecraft successfully into orbit.
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There's more than meets the eye in judging the size of an object
You can't always trust your eyes. Neuroscientists from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota have found that the first area in the cortex of the human brain that receives information ...
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DNA: Yes, Snuppy is definitely a clone
Seoul National University scientists investigating the work of disgraced cloning pioneer Woo Suk Hwang have found Snuppy is a genuine cloned dog.
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Lucent Announces Further Breakthrough in 100 Gigabit per Second Ethernet-Over-Optical
In a paper presented to the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC) in Anaheim today, Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, announced the first reported optical transport of ...
Mar 08, 2006 |
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The Strange Case of the Disappearing Quasiparticles
In the “standard model” of condensed matter physics, elementary energy carriers are called quasiparticles. Understanding when and how these energy carriers fail to perform their mission opens doors to new phenomena ...
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MIT tool may reveal architectural past
A computer design tool originally created for animation may soon unlock the secrets of the structure of ancient cathedrals, according to MIT Assistant Professor John Ochsendorf of architecture.
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NASA survey confirms climate warming impact on polar ice sheets
In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's ...
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Study nixes hog waste alternatives
A $17.3 million study in North Carolina seeking alternatives to open-air ponds used to treat hog farm waste has ended without success.
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Intel Discloses Technologies To Make The Internet More Personal And Mobile
Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney today outlined Intel’s mobile future, announcing significant innovations in mobile devices and broadband wireless.
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New multifunctional chip to meld memory, logic and communications functions
The Department of Defense has awarded up to $5 million over five years for a multi-university research initiative led by David D. Awschalom, a professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering, to develop a ...
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Toshiba and Canon Announce SED Flat-Panel TVs Launch Plan
Toshiba Corporation and Canon Inc. today announced that they will start the first stage of mass production of SED panels in July 2007 and launch SED TVs in the 4Q of calendar year 2007. SED, the Surface-conduction Electron-emitter ...
Mar 08, 2006 |
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House committee OK's phone-privacy bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday unanimously approved an act to protect private phone records.
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Early Land Animals Could Walk and Run Like Mammals, New Study Finds
Salamanders and the tuatara, a lizard-like animal that has lived on Earth for 225 million years, were the first vertebrates to walk and run on land, according to a recent study by Ohio University researchers.
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Largest air pollution study is released
A study published Wednesday suggests fine particulate air pollution spikes increase cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations across the United States.
Mar 08, 2006 |
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U.S. officials to expand bird flu testing
Federal officials, worried migrating birds might bring bird flu to North America, reportedly plan to significantly increase testing of wild birds.
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